Chapter nine hundred and fifty seventh escape
Zhu Hongsan let out a long sigh of relief when he left Chenyang City. He was half safe as long as he left Chenyang. Zhu Hongsan, regardless of how the soldiers guarding the city wall shouted, led his fifty Jinyiwei to the night and rushed to the imperial guard camp fifteen miles away.
The imperial guards who came with Zhu Hongsan had a total of 60,000 people, plus 80,000 of them. Of course, so many people could not be stationed in Chenyang City, so they were stationed at Baita Fort fifteen miles away from Chenyang. Baita Fort is located on the south bank of the Shenhe River outside Shenyang City. The terrain here is open and suitable for military garrisons. At the same time, it is also a military camp of the Northeast garrison.
At this time, the northeast was still frozen for thousands of miles, and the vast Shenhe River had already frozen, which saved Zhu Hongsan and his tour a lot of effort. Under the escort of the Jinyi Guards who accompanied him, Zhu Hongsan finally arrived at the Baitabao Military Camp within an hour.
Seeing Zhu Hongsan, who was brightly lit, breathed a sigh of relief. Ding Wei was about to come forward to report that the emperor was coming and asked the soldiers guarding the gate to open the gate of the military camp. But Zhu Hongsan has now become a frightened bird. Even Zhao Guodong, whom he trusts the most, can rebel against him. What else is impossible?
Zhu Hongsan's eyes turned, he was afraid that Han Sanqiang would also be involved in this rebellion. If this is true, wouldn't he fall into the trap by himself?
Zhu Hongsan grabbed Ding Wei and said, "Ding Wei, go in first and let Han Sanqiang lead all the intermediate officers out of the camp to welcome me!" Zhu Hongsan was not relieved that Han Sanqiang, but he still trusted those regiment-level officers. These guys were brought by his top leaders, and there was no problem with loyalty.
Ding Wei nodded when he heard the emperor say this, took two Jinyiwei and walked into the camp, while Zhu Hongsan and the other Jinyiwei hide in the darkness.
Zhu Hongsan looked at Ding Wei walking into the camp, but he was thinking about the rebellion of Zhao Guodong today. This matter was definitely not that simple. Zhu Hongsan carried forward the spy rule of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of his founding of the country. In addition to the time-honored Jinyiwei and the East Factory, even Zhu Hongsan, who had not existed for a long time, also created the West Factory Zhu Hongsan, in addition to these, there was a separate spy system in the army. However, such a strict spy network did not have any news about this rebellion. Could it be that someone inside him had a problem?
Zhu Hongsan has a total of four spy chiefs under his command. The biggest one is of course Qian Lide, the commander of the Jinyiwei. However, in recent years, Zhu Hongsan is very cautious about Qian Lide. In order to divide the power in Qian Lide's hand, he handed over the Nanzhen Fushi in the Jinyiwei to Zhao Mengguan, who was born in Guangdong. In addition to the two of the Jinyiwei, there are also Li Chengen, the spy chief of the East Factory and Han Qi, the spy chief of the West Factory. However, these two dead eunuchs have never dealt with, so there is basically no possibility of joining the two guys.
These four spy chiefs belong to different factions and have various grudges from each other. In order to overwhelm each other, the four of them must rely on the emperor's power. But now the emperor is blocked. Is there something wrong with that place? Zhu Hongsan sat on the ground and pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason. It seems that he can only return to Beijing as soon as possible.
Just when Zhu Hongsan was worried, the gate of the imperial guard camp in the distance opened, and a group of officers walked out quickly to greet the emperor under the leadership of Ding Wei.
Zhu Hongsan was relieved when he saw that Han Sanqiang was the leader. Han Sanqiang only brought ten commanders to greet him, which also showed that he did not participate in Zhao Guodong's affairs.
Han Sanqiang quickly walked to Zhu Hongsan and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the Three Strong guards are late, please punish him!"
Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "It has nothing to do with you. This time it's Zhao Guodong's business. Let's talk about it first!" After Zhu Hongsan said that, he entered the camp under the escort of the Imperial Guard officers.
Zhu Hongsan breathed a sigh of relief when he fled abroad this night, which consumed a lot of energy, but Zhu Hongsan could not rest yet, and he still had to solve the problem in Chenyang City.
Zhu Hongsan returned to the core of power, and the rest was simple. Zhu Hongsan immediately asked the Military Affairs Office to order the Second Division in Beicheng, asking them to rebel with their deputy division commanders, military judges, logistics ministers and other senior officials, as well as five regiment commanders, to come and explain the situation immediately. The Second Division was Zhu Hongsan's absolute main force, and Zhu Hongsan did not believe that these officers could rebel with Zhao Guodong.
The matter was similar to Zhu Hongsan's estimate. The main officers of the Second Division rushed to see the emperor immediately after receiving the order from the Military Affairs Office. However, they were removed from office by Zhu Hongsan as soon as they entered the military camp. Now Zhu Hongsan has not yet been careless about whether they are wronged or not, so they will be locked up first.
Just as Zhu Hongsan was struggling with officers from the Second Division outside the city, Zhao Guodong in the city also came to an end. Zhao Guodong led his men to capture the emperor in the palace. At first, the soldiers under his command could still listen to him, but as time went by, more and more soldiers began to doubt Zhao Guodong's purpose, and the Liaoning governor in the city finally began to organize people to fight back.
The current governor of Liaodong is Jiang Pengju's old enemy Guo Huan. This guy was appointed as his disciple at that time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he immediately broke away from his military status and embarked on an official career. It just so happened that Liaodong needed a civil servant like him who came from the military, so Ma Mingyuan recommended him to become the governor of Liaoning.
After the initial chaos, Guo Huan was also a soldier who had fought wars after all, and immediately organized the inspection department in the city to start a counterattack against Zhao Guodong. However, the inspection department was just a few militias, and its combat effectiveness and weapons were not the opponent of the Second Division at all, so he was beaten by the Second Division at the beginning.
However, as time went by, the officers and soldiers of the Second Division began to doubt Zhao Guodong's purpose. In addition, the emperor had no whereabouts. Several battalion commanders of the Second Division found Zhao Guodong and asked whether they were saving the emperor or governor today. At this time, the governor Guo Huan came to the outside of the Daming Gate and persuaded the officers and soldiers of the Second Division guarding the Daming Gate to surrender.
Guo Huan was a military judge of the Second Division before. Ordinary soldiers did not recognize him, but the four battalion commanders could recognize him. After learning that he had committed a serious crime, the officers and soldiers of the Second Division immediately turned against each other.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhao Guodong smiled bitterly and said, "Man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations! Second Prince, it seems that you are not the opponent of His Majesty the Emperor!" Zhao Guodong said to take a thorough understanding of his clothes, and then raised his gun to commit suicide with his short gun.
When Zhao Guodong died, the money fell and scattered. Zhang Bao also committed suicide when he saw that the situation was over. After the two men committed suicide, they suffered the 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Second Division who followed them to make trouble. They knew that they had made a big mistake and did not dare to resist the inspection department of the governor's yamen. Some people surrendered with guns, and some clever ones took off their military uniforms and mixed into the people.
After Guo Huan seized the Ming Sect, he immediately sent someone to the palace to look for the emperor, but he didn't find it either. He just found the eunuch Li Chengen, who was beside the emperor. Old Li was very cunning and immediately changed into a servant's clothes and hid, so he didn't lose much.
Zhu Hongsan's son Zhu Yuan was also very clever and hid in the drainage ditch to escape. However, Zhu Hongsan's women were in trouble. Meng Guqing was caught by Zhao Guodong at the first time. However, Zhao Guodong was in a hurry to find the emperor and did not pay much attention to Meng Guqing. He locked her and her two children in a woodshed. The other women were not so lucky. Several of them hanged themselves and some died in the chaos.
Guo Huan found Li Chengen, quickly changed his clothes to the emperor's confidant, and then asked, "Eunuch Li, where is Your Majesty?"
Guo Huan was also very anxious to find the whereabouts of the emperor. In fact, what he hoped most in his heart was that the emperor would die in the chaos. Guo Huan was Ma Mingyuan's student, so naturally he was the prince. If the emperor died, the one who took office would be the prince. At that time, Guo Huan's status would naturally rise.
But Li Chengen's answer made Guo Huan feel cold, "Mr. Guo, Your Majesty took the emperor's grandson to Nancheng to watch the lantern festival. You can send someone to find it!"
Tonight, Chenyang City was in chaos, but it was limited to the North City. Although the South City was a little more chaotic, there was no dead. There was no natural safety problem when the emperor went to the South City.
Although Guo Huan was disappointed, he had to send people to search for it. However, the news came that a group of people killed the ambassador guarding the city in the South City Gate and opened the South Gate and left the city. Guo Huan knew that this was the emperor as soon as he heard it, so after receiving the news, he quickly took the civil servants from Chenyang City out of the city to welcome the emperor back to the city.
Although this rebellion in Chenyang City was planned by Zhao Guodong and had nothing to do with Governor Guo Huan, the Governor was also an official with some military functions. It is really unreasonable to have such a big deal that you have no news about the Governor. Although Guo Huan tried his best to remedy the rebellion afterwards and led the inspection department to suppress the rebellion, Guo Huan was really unsure of what the emperor could do to deal with him.
However, what surprised Guo Huan was that after seeing the emperor from the city, the emperor did not punish him, but praised him for his decision at the moment. At the same time, because Zhao Guodong had committed suicide, the emperor also ordered Guo Huan to temporarily take up the position of Governor of Northeast China. You should know that the Governor is the second-rank, and the Governor is from the first-rank. Although it is only half a level away, his status is far behind. There are more than 30 Governors in the country, only eight Governors, and the Governor holds the power of several provinces and military power. This is the real chief official of the border.
Guo Huan was a scholar, and as a governor as he was already a ancestral tomb, he was already refreshed. He didn't expect that he could become the governor. Guo Huan was very happy to hear the emperor say this, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.
Of course, Zhu Hongsan did not really think that Guo Huan is suitable for this governor. It is just that the matter is unclear now, and it is really inconvenient to adjust officials on a large scale. Zhao Guodong is already dead. This is Guo Huan, the biggest official position in Liaoning, and letting him act as a governor also means to stabilize officials in the province.
Guo Huan kowtowed and thanked An and stepped back. Zhu Hongsan whispered to Li Chengen: "Li Chengen, you are using all means now. I need to know why such a big thing happened without any signs? What does the Jinyiwei eat? What does the East Factory and the West Factory do for food?"
Seeing the emperor getting angry, Li Chengen quickly knelt down and promised to investigate thoroughly and give the emperor an explanation.
Chapter completed!